Those back-to-back experiences confirmed what I already knew: That I was a shitty-ass employee and I'd better start my own business.

The NBA is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you.

If you're looking where everybody else is looking, you're looking in the wrong spot.

Sales is the most important aspect of a company, which in turn is about how well you treat your customer and stay ahead of your customer's requirements.

You always have to know what business you are in. Everybody thought we were in the basketball business. It's an NBA-team; we are not in the basketball business. We are in the business of creating experiences and memories.

You never quite know in business if what you are doing is the right or the wrong thing. Unfortunately, by the time you know the answer, someone has beaten you to it and you are out of business.